Monday, May 19, 2025
DARPA zaps popcorn with laser power beamed 5.3 miles through air...The military wants to use this as the ultimate weapon
HERE'S THE KICKER: "To celebrate the achievement, POWER used some of the transferred energy to make popcorn - an homage to Real Genius, the 1985 Val Kilmer film where slacker grad students thwart a plot to weaponize high-energy lasers.
Not battlefield ready yet. . .DARPA said the receiver is designed "to be scalable to higher power levels and can be integrated into different platforms," such as unmanned aerial vehicles. But it will likely be a while before drones powered by high-energy lasers start buzzing overhead.
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